Apteronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:208 Masc. Apteronotus passan Lacepède 1800 (Apteronotus albifrons). Type by monotypy. •Valid as Apteronotus Lacepède 1800 -- (Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:27 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:430 [ref. 23853], Britski et al. 1999:90 [ref. 24147], Campos-da-Paz 1999:1041 [ref. 24190], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614], de Santana 2003:1 [ref. 26978], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:498 [ref. 27061], de Santana et al. 2004:2 [ref. 27412], de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo 2004:1 [ref. 27837], Triques 2005:144 [ref. 28939], de Santana & Crampton 2006:115 [ref. 28765], de Santana & Lehmann A. 2006:261 [ref. 28847], de Santana et al. 2006:275 [ref. 28848], de Santana et al. 2007:117 [ref. 29198], Albert & Crampton 2009:90 [ref. 30049], Maldonado-Ocampo et al. 2011:505 [ref. 31518], Triques 2011:299 [ref. 31671], de Santana & Cox Fernandes 2012:283 [ref. 32053], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:30 [ref. 34087] in Apteronotini, Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Ferraris et al. 2017:[6] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:467 [ref. 35797], Peixoto et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38103], Peixoto et al. 2021:1002 [ref. 38726]). Current status: Valid as Apteronotus Lacepède 1800. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae.